Business B1 · Unit 10 · Strategic planning

B1·10B. Looking back, looking ahead

B1 · 50–60 min · Business English

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Unit 10 · Quote
"You cannot manage what you do not honestly measure."
— A CFO with 30 years of quarterly reviews behind her.
Two executives reviewing printed quarterly charts in a quiet meeting room at the end of the year
Lesson goals

By the end you will…

  • Run a short quarterly review in English: what worked, what didn't, what changes for next quarter.
  • Use 2nd conditional to reframe past problems as future decisions ('If we started again, we'd…').
  • Use six high-frequency review verbs and nouns (retrospective, blocker, lesson learned, follow-up action, deprioritise, sign-off).
🎯 Case Study 10📝 Homework (Workbook)
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